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AHIH occupies the centre of a hexagram associated with honour, riches and tranquillity. Mathers tentatively reads its outer letters as a verse linking wealth with enduring righteousness. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 61; figure 19, Plate IV; plate PDF page 73
The notice promises glory, honour, dignities, riches and tranquillity of mind, together with discovering treasure and expelling its presiding spirits. It prescribes paper or parchment, a swallow’s pen and screech-owl blood; the fourth Jupiter notice instead specifies silver. [1]
A hexagram encloses a central name, with Hebrew letters arranged between its points. Mathers reads AHIH in the center, AB above and below, and letters of IHVH elsewhere. He only tentatively identifies the outer letters with Psalm 112:3. [1]
The hexagram places AHIH at its centre, AB above and below, and IHVH in the remaining angles. Mathers reads the letters outside it only tentatively as the opening words of Psalm 112:3. The verse links wealth with enduring righteousness, giving the notice’s list of worldly goods a scriptural frame. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 61; figure 19, Plate IV; plate PDF page 73
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